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Thomas M. Magin

Thomas M. Magin

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
13698
World Ranking
10252
National Ranking
740

Overview

Thomas M. Magin is a researcher affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany, with a primary focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans across multiple intersecting disciplines, including cell biology, molecular biology, pathology, forensic medicine, epidemiology, and biomaterials.

Magin's research outputs cover a variety of topics concentrating mainly on skin and cellular biology, cellular mechanics and interactions, and autoimmune bullous skin diseases. Additional research areas include nail diseases and treatments, silk-based biomaterials and their applications, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, and RNA regulation in disease.

Frequent publication venues for Magin's research include:

  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • Current Opinion in Cell Biology
  • Cells

Some of the notable recent publications are:

  • "Epidermolysis bullosa," 2020, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "An intact keratin network is crucial for mechanical integrity and barrier function in keratinocyte cell sheets," 2020, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • "A dominant vimentin variant causes a rare syndrome with premature aging," 2020, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Structural heterogeneity of cellular K5/K14 filaments as revealed by cryo-electron microscopy," 2021, eLife
  • "Disease-associated keratin mutations reduce traction forces and compromise adhesion and collective migration," 2020, Journal of Cell Science

Magin has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Katrin Rietscher
  • Cristina Has
  • Sachiko Fujiwara
  • M. Bishr Omary
  • Fanny Büchau

Best Publications

  • New consensus nomenclature for mammalian keratins

    Jürgen Schweizer;Paul Edward Bowden;Pierre Coulombe;Lutz Langbein

  • Hormone-sensitive Lipase Deficiency in Mice Causes Diglyceride Accumulation in Adipose Tissue, Muscle, and Testis

    Guenter Haemmerle;Robert Zimmermann;Marianne Hayn;Christian Theussl

  • Patterns of Expression and Organization of Cytokeratin Intermediate Filaments

    Roy A. Quinlan;Dorothea L. Schiller;Mechthild Hatzfeld;Thomas Achtstätter

  • Genes for intermediate filament proteins and the draft sequence of the human genome: novel keratin genes and a surprisingly high number of pseudogenes related to keratin genes 8 and 18.

    Michael Hesse;Thomas M. Magin;Klaus Weber

  • Structural and regulatory functions of keratins

    Thomas M. Magin;Preethi Vijayaraj;Rudolf E. Leube

  • Keratin-dependent, epithelial resistance to tumor necrosis factor-induced apoptosis.

    Carlos Caulin;Carl F. Ware;Thomas M. Magin;Robert G. Oshima

  • Unique and shared functions of different connexins in mice

    A. Plum;G. Hallas;T. Magin;F. Dombrowski

  • Loss-of-function mutations in the keratin 5 gene lead to Dowling-Degos disease.

    Regina C. Betz;Laura Planko;Sibylle Eigelshoven;Sandra Hanneken

  • Functional complexity of intermediate filament cytoskeletons: From structure to assembly to gene ablation

    Harald Herrmann;Michael Hesse;Michaela Reichenzeller;Ueli Aebi

  • Keratins significantly contribute to cell stiffness and impact invasive behavior

    Kristin Seltmann;Anatol W. Fritsch;Josef A. Käs;Thomas M. Magin

  • Comprehensive analysis of keratin gene clusters in humans and rodents

    Michael Hesse;Alexander Zimek;Klaus Weber;Thomas M. Magin

  • Keratins as the main component for the mechanical integrity of keratinocytes

    Lena Ramms;Gloria Fabris;Reinhard Windoffer;Nicole Schwarz

  • Keratins: a structural scaffold with emerging functions

    J. Kirfel;T. M. Magin;J. Reichelt

  • Targeted deletion of keratins 18 and 19 leads to trophoblast fragility and early embryonic lethality

    Michael Hesse;Thomas Franz;Yoshitaka Tamai;Makoto Mark Taketo

  • Cytoskeleton in motion: the dynamics of keratin intermediate filaments in epithelia

    Reinhard Windoffer;Michael Beil;Thomas M. Magin;Rudolf E. Leube

  • Amino acid sequence and gene organization of cytokeratin no. 19, an exceptional tail-less intermediate filament protein.

    B. L. Bader;T. M. Magin;M. Hatzfeld;Werner W. Franke

  • Keratins control intercellular adhesion involving PKC-α–mediated desmoplakin phosphorylation

    Cornelia Kröger;Fanny Loschke;Nicole Schwarz;Reinhard Windoffer

  • Formation of a normal epidermis supported by increased stability of keratins 5 and 14 in keratin 10 null mice.

    Julia Reichelt;Heinrich Büssow;Christine Grund;Thomas M. Magin

  • Cytokeratin expression in simple epithelia: III. Detection of mRNAs encoding human cytokeratins nos. 8 and 18 in normal and tumor cells by hybridization with cDNA sequences in vitro and in situ

    Rudolf E. Leube;Franx X. Bosch;Valentino Romano;Ralf Zimbelmann

  • Keratins Significantly Contribute to Cell Stiffness and Impact Invasive Behavior

    Josef A. Käs;Anatol Fritsch;Kristin Seltmann;Thomas Magin

Frequent Co-Authors

Rudolf E. Leube
Rudolf E. Leube RWTH Aachen University
Leena Bruckner-Tuderman
Leena Bruckner-Tuderman University of Freiburg
M. Bishr Omary
M. Bishr Omary University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Harald Herrmann
Harald Herrmann German Cancer Research Center
Helmut Denk
Helmut Denk Medical University of Graz
Jan C. Simon
Jan C. Simon Leipzig University
Christine Grund
Christine Grund German Cancer Research Center
Kurt Zatloukal
Kurt Zatloukal Medical University of Graz
Klaus Weber
Klaus Weber Max Planck Society
Richard Moriggl
Richard Moriggl University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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